{"id":24,"date":"2025-12-07T12:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T12:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/?p=24"},"modified":"2025-12-07T12:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T12:51:10","slug":"a-man-tried-to-steal-a-goose-but-was-attacked-and-subdued-by-the-goose-before-the-police-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"A man tried to steal a goose but was attacked and \u201csubdued\u201d by the goose before the police arrived."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Car with giant bull as passenger pulled over by Nebraska police\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yIR3NU3P_bU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"313\">Police say a man was taken into custody last night after attempting to steal a goose from a local park \u2014 but according to witnesses, the goose handled the situation long before officers ever showed up.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"694\">Authorities reported that the man had apparently chased the bird around the park for several minutes, trying to grab it and stuff it into a large bag he brought with him. What he didn\u2019t expect, however, was that the goose wasn\u2019t planning to be anyone\u2019s easy target. Instead of fleeing, the bird turned around and launched what onlookers described as a \u201cfull-scale counterattack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"694\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fsgn2-6.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/594515181_1290065296494160_3982781757987282332_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=XZIsPpru3qAQ7kNvwGz1rIe&amp;_nc_oc=Adneow7uQRlY5Pf80qCPO3dsCgyCAjyS2VkNoJD9YeKyUQ1n9c2JY9GvtOl4PvoT50o&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fsgn2-6.fna&amp;_nc_gid=JbPabCr_NUvo5MJjjRPlPg&amp;oh=00_AfnCY-M7YjkolPS5dfGxQN40T9TgbbsLnl9mWE5BmvznFQ&amp;oe=693B3CCE\" alt=\"C\u00f3 th\u1ec3 l\u00e0 h\u00ecnh \u1ea3nh v\u1ec1 con ng\u1ed7ng v\u00e0 thi\u00ean nga\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"696\" data-end=\"1127\">By the time officers arrived, they found the man sprawled on the cold ground, frantically shouting for help while desperately shielding his head. Standing over him was the goose \u2014 looking every bit like an enraged security guard \u2014 its wings stretched to full size, hissing loudly, and refusing to allow him even an inch of movement. Every time he attempted to sit up, the bird would lunge forward menacingly, forcing him back down.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Guy Pulls Out Sign on Gophers Kiss Cam\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MyfYodavAj8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1386\">Officers had to distract the goose long enough to safely detain the man, who was more than willing to be taken into custody just to get away from his feathered assailant. In the end, police joked that the goose had already performed \u201cthe arrest\u201d on its own.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1388\" data-end=\"1471\">One responding officer summed up the bizarre scene in a single, unforgettable line:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1473\" data-end=\"1514\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cHonestly\u2026 the goose did our job for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police say a man was taken into custody last night after attempting to steal a goose from a local park \u2014 but according to witnesses, the goose handled the situation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26,"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions\/26"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}